At ten, age is written with two digits for the first time. It's a leap high, long, and wide, but the body remains small in stature while the mind rushes ahead. In summer, a hurry to grow intensifies. Fifty years later, a man's thoughts return to a beach where both the essential and the abundant occurred. His hands then, capable of swimming but not of defense, learn the wonder of the verb 'to maintain', which is to hold by the hand.
At ten, age is written with two digits for the first time. It's a leap high, long, and wide, but the body remains small in stature while the mind rushes ahead. In summer, a hurry to grow intensifies. Fifty years later, a man's thoughts return to a beach where both the essential and the abundant occurred. His hands then, capable of swimming but not of defense, learn the wonder of the verb 'to maintain', which is to hold by the hand.